Author: Alan Wilson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442660759
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759–1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still the backwoods of colonial North America. Industrious and erudite, MacGregor established the progressive Pictou Academy, opposed slavery, and promoted scientific education, agriculture, and industry. Poet and translator, fluent in nine languages, he encouraged the preservation of the Gaelic language and promoted Scottish culture in Nova Scotia. Highland Shepherd finally bestows on MacGregor the recognition that he so richly deserves. Alan Wilson brings MacGregor and his surroundings to life, detailing his numerous achievements and establishing his importance to the social, religious, and intellectual history of the Maritimes.
Highland Shepherd
The Highland Shepherd
Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Author: Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Author: Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Highland Monthly
The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands
Author: James Hogg
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026850033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. James Hogg wrote some of his best stories in The Shepherd's Calendar, in which he defines the content and the manners of the traditional storytelling of Ettrick Forest, the mountainous region in Scotland where he grew up. They reveal Hogg's experiences as a young shepherd as it draws a picture of the pleasures and the dangers of the lives in Scottish Highlands. Some of these stories deal with the supernatural and explore psychological depths with a noteworthy intensity and insight. Large parts of these tales are written in a Scots dialect from the region of Ettrick Forest. The Shepherd's Calendar: Rob Dodds Mr Adamson of Laverhope The Prodigal Son The School of Misfortune George Dobson's Expedition to Hell The Souters of Selkirk The Laird of Cassway Tibby Hyslop's Dream Mary Burnet The Brownie of the Black Haggs The Laird of Wineholm Window Wat's Courtship A Strange Secret The Marvellous Doctor The Witches of Traquair Sheep Prayers Odd Characters Nancy Chisholm Snow-Storms The Shepherd's Dog The Expedition to Hell The Mysterious Bride The Wool-Gatherer The Hunt of Eildon James Hogg (1770-1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026850033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. James Hogg wrote some of his best stories in The Shepherd's Calendar, in which he defines the content and the manners of the traditional storytelling of Ettrick Forest, the mountainous region in Scotland where he grew up. They reveal Hogg's experiences as a young shepherd as it draws a picture of the pleasures and the dangers of the lives in Scottish Highlands. Some of these stories deal with the supernatural and explore psychological depths with a noteworthy intensity and insight. Large parts of these tales are written in a Scots dialect from the region of Ettrick Forest. The Shepherd's Calendar: Rob Dodds Mr Adamson of Laverhope The Prodigal Son The School of Misfortune George Dobson's Expedition to Hell The Souters of Selkirk The Laird of Cassway Tibby Hyslop's Dream Mary Burnet The Brownie of the Black Haggs The Laird of Wineholm Window Wat's Courtship A Strange Secret The Marvellous Doctor The Witches of Traquair Sheep Prayers Odd Characters Nancy Chisholm Snow-Storms The Shepherd's Dog The Expedition to Hell The Mysterious Bride The Wool-Gatherer The Hunt of Eildon James Hogg (1770-1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography.
Transcript of the Enrollment Books
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections
Publisher:
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Category : Voting registers
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Category : Voting registers
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Isolation Shepherd
Author: Iain Thomson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. Isolation Shepherd is the moving story of those years. Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. Isolation Shepherd is the moving story of those years. Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.
Catalogue of the Works of ... Sir Edwin Landseer. ... Compiled by A. Graves
Author: Algernon Graves
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Catalogue of an exhibition of the engraved works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer ... now on view at Messrs. Henry Graves & Co.'s Galleries, etc. (Revised edition.-Compiled by Mr. Algernon Graves.).
Author: Henry GRAVES (AND CO.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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